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The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It gave France a national heroine in Joan of Arc. But, even now, the jury is out as to its causes and outcome. Was it the final swansong of a redundant knightly class whose only reason for being was to fight? Was it a battle over ever more important territory to the emerging economies of England and France? Or was it the painful birth of two distinct national identities, forged through their long and violent divorce? Dr Janina Ramirez guides us through the stories of kings, great knights, bloody battles and cultural triumphs of this momentous conflict.

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From Bonaparte to Casanova, history is cast in the light of famous escapes from various European countries.

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By making the Elysée Palace the most coveted, and also one of the most mysterious residences in France, the founder of the Fifth Republic surely never imagined that his successors would discover the immense solitude of power there. De Gaulle, Pompidou, Giscard d’Estaing, Mitterrand, Chirac, Sarkozy, then Hollande: Each of them had the opportunity to experience the dizzying nature of supreme office in this 18th century palace with the appearance of a bunker. It is this intimate, solitary and silent history that is recounted here, through key events, previously unheard accounts, and rare archive footage. The film reveals above all how heads of state are capable of secretly walling themselves up in serenity, gravity, tragedy, or dignity, as they embrace their destiny along with that of France.

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"L'histoire au scalpel" (History under the Scalpel) is a French documentary series, notably broadcast on France 5 and Histoire TV, in which the forensic doctor and anthropologist Philippe Charlier uses modern scientific methods to investigate historical mysteries. By examining the relics and bodies of historical figures such as Napoleon, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, or Saint Louis, he seeks to elucidate the causes of their death, the diseases they suffered from, or to authenticate objects.

During the turbulent 19th century, a number of brilliant French artists developed the Romantic movement in Paris: writers Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Honoré de Balzac and Charles Baudelaire, painter Eugène Delacroix and composer Hector Berlioz, among others, changed the way of looking at art and created enduring works that have inspired the world to this day.

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A look back at a cruel conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), which changed the political geography of Europe and sowed the seeds of a deep antagonism between France and Germany that culminated in two world wars. Excerpts from the diaries of the witnesses, photographs and painted panoramas tell the truth about a forgotten war.

After World War II, the French colonial empire, which dominated the lives of over 110 million people on five continents, collapsed in just under a quarter century of blood and tears.

Featuring the minute-by-minute accounts of the brave soldiers who crossed deep into enemy territory in 1942, recounting these heroic top-secret operations.

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13 episodes • 2011
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Sep 7, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Sep 7, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Sep 21, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Oct 12, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Nov 16, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Nov 30, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Dec 14, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Jan 25, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Feb 22, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Mar 14, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Apr 30, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Jun 6, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Jun 6, 2012 | 0.0 |
14 episodes • 2012
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Sep 5, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Oct 24, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Nov 21, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Nov 21, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Dec 19, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Feb 20, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Feb 20, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Mar 6, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Mar 11, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Mar 20, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | May 8, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | May 8, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | May 22, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Episode 14 | May 22, 2013 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 2013
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Oct 28, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Dec 2, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Jan 20, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Feb 10, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Apr 7, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Apr 7, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | May 12, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | May 12, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | May 26, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Jun 2, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Jun 2, 2014 | 0.0 |
1 episodes • 2014
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Apr 12, 2014 | 0.0 |